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Preface
Thanks for friends that came out from far and wide for my birthday party. Special thanks to Darren (Bobby Buff) for making that special sacrifice of getting over the Pitt River Bridge (He stated that he was 'uncomfortable'). Ryan (Cousin Buff), in attendance with his wife, stated three times that he was surprised Darren made it out, because it was past his bedtime. Cactus Club Coquitlam did a fine job making sure my disabled Mother got in and out smoothly, on a night when they were very busy.
The party featured, besides the default comedy, a group political discussion in regard to Donald Trump and the United States Presidential race; as well as a discussion of HALT and the need for Vancouver real estate reform.
Globe and Mail July 15
My friend Jennifer Lloyd is quoted within...
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PIRIE, MADSEN (2006)(2015) How To Win Every Argument, Bloomsbury, London.
'The argumentum ad crumenam assumes that money is a measure of rightness, and that those with money are more likely to be correct.' (70). In other words, if you are so right, why cannot you be rich? (70).
Immediately, Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice television program from a few years ago comes to mind. Often mandatory tasks were won by the contestant that could raise the most money. Many of these finds came from corporate and celebrity donations.
The philosophical question that arises is:
'Does a larger fundraiser equate with a right apprentice?'
F=Fundraiser
A=Apprentice
F=A or A=F Does not appear true, at least in many contexts. It is possibly true, I admit. One could be a fundraiser in training.
An apprentice is a junior employee learning a trade and skill from a more experienced employer/employee. A fundraiser, at least a successful one, is someone skilled with raising funds. I would reason that a senior skilled employer/employee would reasonably more often perform fundraising better than an apprentice.
Does gaining the most money in a competition, make one the right apprentice? The Celebrity Apprentice, featuring celebrities was funnier than the Apprentice, but the celebrity version lacked authenticity as truly seeking an apprentice. A pseudo celebrity apprentice may very well make a good fundraiser.
The author then rightly states:
'There have been branches of Christianity which held that worldly success could be taken as a mark of divine favour.' (70).
Prosperity theology, prosperity gospel and health and wealth gospel, comes to mind. Often associated with certain televangelists.
These theologies create a drive and quite possibly in many cases, a love for money and yet in 1 Timothy 6: 10...
English Standard Version
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
New American Standard Bible
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
King James Bible
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
'Money' is not a measure of rightness, it is a measure of the accumulation of money in the context discussed.
Rightness is determined by reason, in this realm primarily revealed in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, inspired by God through writers.
Pirie from his secular perspective writes that in regard to rightness 'of course money has nothing to do with it.' (70).
